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From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
To: x86@kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>,
	rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
	Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>,
	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
	Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org>,
	linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 08/28] efi/libstub: Drop .discard.addressable from the stub objects
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:31:09 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3800f3cb9e7ff835bf30e9a7981518b680e2fbef.1790028654.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1790028654.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org>

On arm64, riscv and loongarch, the EFI stub objects are objcopy'd with
--prefix-alloc-sections=.init, which renames every allocatable section.

The .discard.addressable section is allocatable, so if
STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD() and __ADDRESSABLE() are used, the section
gets renamed and never discarded:

  ld: warning: orphan section `.init.discard.addressable' from `vmlinux.o' being placed in section `.init.discard.addressable'

The section is also a problem for the stub's absolute relocation check
on some arches.

In preparation for using STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD() in libstub code,
remove the section for both cases.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
index 77a2b2d74f3f6..0d5d99c3cacdd 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@ STUBCOPY_FLAGS-$(CONFIG_LOONGARCH)	+= --prefix-alloc-sections=.init \
 					   --prefix-symbols=__efistub_
 STUBCOPY_RELOC-$(CONFIG_LOONGARCH)	:= R_LARCH_MARK_LA
 
+# Drop the section created by __ADDRESSABLE() from the absolute symbol check
+# and the objcopy, otherwise it gets prefixed and doesn't get discared.
+STUBCOPY_RM_SECTIONS			:= --remove-section=.discard.addressable
+STUBCOPY_FLAGS-y			+= $(STUBCOPY_RM_SECTIONS)
+
 $(obj)/%.stub.o: $(obj)/%.o FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,stubcopy)
 
@@ -166,7 +171,7 @@ $(obj)/%.stub.o: $(obj)/%.o FORCE
 #
 quiet_cmd_stubcopy = STUBCPY $@
       cmd_stubcopy =							\
-	$(STRIP) --strip-debug -o $@ $<;				\
+	$(STRIP) --strip-debug $(STUBCOPY_RM_SECTIONS) -o $@ $<;	\
 	if $(OBJDUMP) -r $@ | grep $(STUBCOPY_RELOC-y); then		\
 		echo "$@: absolute symbol references not allowed in the EFI stub" >&2; \
 		/bin/false;						\
-- 
2.55.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-21 22:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-21 22:31 [PATCH v3 00/28] objtool: dynamically detect noreturns Josh Poimboeuf
2026-09-21 22:31 ` [PATCH v3 01/28] objtool: Remove obsolete noreturns.h entries Josh Poimboeuf
2026-09-21 22:31 ` [PATCH v3 02/28] kbuild: Add CONFIG_OBJTOOL_DEFERRED Josh Poimboeuf
2026-09-24 11:39   ` Nicolas Schier
2026-09-21 22:31 ` [PATCH v3 03/28] kbuild: Add CONFIG_OBJTOOL_CONTROL_FLOW Josh Poimboeuf
2026-09-24 11:40   ` Nicolas Schier
2026-09-21 22:31 ` [PATCH v3 04/28] objtool: Fix dead end detection for sibling calls Josh Poimboeuf
2026-09-21 22:31 ` [PATCH v3 05/28] objtool: Refactor the noreturn/dead-end detection Josh Poimboeuf
2026-09-21 22:31 ` [PATCH v3 06/28] objtool: Ignore traps after noreturn calls in STT_CODE Josh Poimboeuf
2026-09-21 22:31 ` [PATCH v3 07/28] objtool: Make .discard.stack_frame_non_standard non-allocatable Josh Poimboeuf
2026-09-21 22:31 ` Josh Poimboeuf [this message]
2026-09-21 22:31 ` [PATCH v3 09/28] efi/loongarch: Mark loongarch efi_boot_kernel() non-standard for objtool Josh Poimboeuf
2026-09-21 22:31 ` [PATCH v3 10/28] objtool: Add ANNOTATE_IGNORE_NORETURN() Josh Poimboeuf
2026-09-21 22:31 ` [PATCH v3 11/28] LoongArch: Annotate reboot and kexec paths as returnable Josh Poimboeuf
2026-09-21 22:31 ` [PATCH v3 12/28] kbuild: Defer running objtool to link time for all CFG features Josh Poimboeuf
2026-09-24 11:48   ` Nicolas Schier
2026-09-21 22:31 ` [PATCH v3 13/28] rust: Annotate the intrinsic stubs as returnable Josh Poimboeuf
2026-09-21 22:31 ` [PATCH v3 14/28] panic: Mark abort() __noreturn Josh Poimboeuf
2026-09-21 22:31 ` [PATCH v3 15/28] x86/xen: Ignore noreturn status of weak mem_map_via_hcall() Josh Poimboeuf
2026-09-21 22:31 ` [PATCH v3 16/28] objtool: Detect noreturns in weak functions Josh Poimboeuf
2026-09-21 22:31 ` [PATCH v3 17/28] x86/entry: Make rewind_stack_and_make_dead() a real function Josh Poimboeuf
2026-09-21 22:31 ` [PATCH v3 18/28] x86/xen: Make xen_cpu_bringup_again() " Josh Poimboeuf
2026-09-21 22:31 ` [PATCH v3 19/28] x86/xen: Make xen_start_kernel() noreturn Josh Poimboeuf
2026-09-21 22:31 ` [PATCH v3 20/28] x86/boot: Rework how pi startup symbols get exposed to vmlinux Josh Poimboeuf
2026-09-21 22:31 ` [PATCH v3 21/28] objtool: Fix noreturn detection for non-sibling jumps to SYM_CODE Josh Poimboeuf
2026-09-21 22:31 ` [PATCH v3 22/28] objtool: Add options to write/read exported noreturns to/from a file Josh Poimboeuf
2026-09-21 22:31 ` [PATCH v3 23/28] kbuild: Do the per-module objtool pass right before linking Josh Poimboeuf
2026-09-24 11:22   ` Nicolas Schier
2026-09-21 22:31 ` [PATCH v3 24/28] kbuild: Generate the noreturn list and validate modules against it Josh Poimboeuf
2026-09-24 12:18   ` Nicolas Schier
2026-09-21 22:31 ` [PATCH v3 25/28] objtool: Add ANNOTATE_EXPORTED_NORETURN() Josh Poimboeuf
2026-09-21 22:31 ` [PATCH v3 26/28] objtool: Annotate all module-exported noreturns and remove noreturns.h Josh Poimboeuf
2026-09-21 22:31 ` [PATCH v3 27/28] objtool: Warn about missing/stale ANNOTATE_EXPORTED_NORETURN() usage Josh Poimboeuf
2026-09-21 22:31 ` [PATCH v3 28/28] fixup! objtool: Add options to write/read exported noreturns to/from a file Josh Poimboeuf

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